"Babar" author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father's popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died. He was 98. De ...

Laurent de Brunhoff carried on his father's legacy by writing over 45 books featuring Babar the elephant Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Writer and illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff, who continued his father’s legacy by producing dozens of original books for his “Babar the Elephant” series, has died aged 98. De Brunhoff died at his home ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “Babar” author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died.

After his father, who created the character, died, he continued the series of books about a modest elephant and his escapades in Paris for seven decades. By Penelope Green Laurent de Brunhoff, the ...

Laurent de Brunhoff, author of the "Babar" series, has died at the age of 98 in Key West, Florida. Laurent, son of Jean de Brunhoff, continued his father's legacy, publishing numerous books about the ...

For more than seven decades, Laurent de Brunhoff painted the adventures of the world’s most beloved elephant. Laurent de Brunhoff in 2007. He wrote and illustrated more than 45 Babar books after his ...

Writer and illustrator Laurent de Brunhoff, who continued his father's legacy by producing dozens of original books for his "Babar the Elephant" series, has died aged 98. De Brunhoff died at his home ...